Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania
2018–2019 Post-Doctoral Fellowship: “Jewish Life in Modern Islamic Contexts”
Institution Type: | College / University |
Location: | Pennsylvania, United States |
Position: | Post-Doctoral Fellow |
Now accepting applications for our 2018–2019 Post-Doctoral Fellowship:
“Jewish Life in Modern Islamic Contexts”
Application Deadline: October 31, 2017
Please visit katz.sas.upenn.edu for more information
About the Theme
In 2018–2019, the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania devotes its fellowship to the study of Jews in modern Islamic contexts.
The fellowship will support scholarship on Jewish life, culture and thought as these have developed in modern times across North Africa, the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula, and Central and South Asia. We will question the meaning of modernity beyond the more familiar European, American, and Israeli contexts and welcome research projects that address topics from the sixteenth century and later.
The goals for the year are to bridge linguistic, geographic, social, and methodological boundaries, to connect the study of the intellectual with the study of the everyday, and to encourage attention to new sources and approaches. We seek applications from a range of disciplinary orientations: history, textual study, anthropology, art history, media studies, and other fields that expand or redefine the parameters of the topic.
Eligible projects may focus on the complex relationships between Jews and their Muslims neighbors, or with members of various other non-Muslim or minority communities in the Islamic world. Also relevant is research that explores Jews’ participation in various forms of local, regional, national, colonial, and imperial forms of governance in modern North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, as well as projects focused on gender relations, economic behavior, cultural expression, religious life and scholarship as these developed across diverse Islamic contexts.
Eligibility
The Katz Center invites applications from scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and the arts at all levels (Ph.D. must be in hand by August 2018).
Awards and Appointments
Fellowships are awarded either for a full academic year or one semester (fall or spring). Stipend amounts are based on academic standing and financial need. Israeli scholars are eligible to apply for an Israel Institute/Katz Center Teaching Fellowship, which offers an opportunity to combine participation in our fellowship program with teaching at Penn.
Recipients will be notified by March 1, 2018.
About the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
The Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania is devoted to post-doctoral research on Jewish civilization in all its historical and cultural manifestations, and is a model for institutions of its kind. The Katz Center's distinguished scholars and superb library holdings, along with Penn's outstanding faculty in Judaic studies, have established the University of Pennsylvania as one of the world's major centers for the study of Jewish civilization.
Contact: |
For more information and questions, please visit: http://katz.sas.upenn.edu/fellowship-program/next-year or contact: Carrie Love, Fellowship Coordinator
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Website: | http://katz.sas.upenn.edu |
Primary Category: | Jewish History / Studies |
Secondary Categories: | Anthropology Literature Middle East History / Studies |
Posting Date: | 06/12/2017 |
Closing Date | 11/01/2017 |